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Best Beverage Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top beverage stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best beverage stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best non-alcoholic beverage stocks to buy right now are:

Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) is the #1 top beverage stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 9 points higher than the beverage industry average of 37.

COKE passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Coca Cola Consolidated has seen its stock return 27.82% over the past year, overperforming other beverage stocks by 19 percentage points.

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) is the #2 top beverage stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) is: Value: D, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 17 points higher than the beverage industry average of 37.

MNST passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Monster Beverage has seen its stock return 38.26% over the past year, overperforming other beverage stocks by 29 percentage points.

Monster Beverage has an average 1 year price target of $75.46, an upside of 2.57% from Monster Beverage's current stock price of $73.57.

Monster Beverage stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Monster Beverage, 53.85% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 7.69% have issued a Buy, 38.46% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) is the #3 top beverage stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 10 points higher than the beverage industry average of 37.

PEP passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pepsico has seen its stock lose -9.3% over the past year, underperforming other beverage stocks by -18 percentage points.

Pepsico has an average 1 year price target of $156.90, an upside of 8.48% from Pepsico's current stock price of $144.64.

Pepsico stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Pepsico, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 beverage stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 beverage stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.89%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 2.5%. Pepsico's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Pepsico's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Pepsico's dividend payout ratio of 105.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.17%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 2.5%. Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend payout ratio of 78.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) has an annual dividend yield of 2.59%, which is the same as the beverage industry average of 2.5%. Coca Cola Europacific Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Coca Cola Europacific Partners's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners's dividend payout ratio of 54.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Beverage stocks were down -0.3% in the last day, and down -0.74% over the last week. Bonk was the among the top losers in the beverages - non-alcoholic industry, dropping -34.67% yesterday.

Bonk shares are trading lower after the company announced a 1-for-35 reverse stock split, effective December 11.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued beverage stocks right now are:

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV (NYSE:KOF) is the most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV has a valuation score of 71, which is 35 points higher than the beverage industry average of 36. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV's stock has gained 11.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by 2 percentage points.

Andina Bottling Co (NYSE:AKO.B) is the second most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Andina Bottling Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 35 points higher than the beverage industry average of 36. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Andina Bottling Co's stock has gained 51.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by 42 percentage points.

Primo Brands (NYSE:PRMB) is the third most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Primo Brands has a valuation score of 14, which is -22 points higher than the beverage industry average of 36. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Primo Brands's stock has dropped -49.29% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -58 percentage points.

50% of beverage stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect beverage stocks to rise by 14.99% over the next year.

0% of beverage stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 14.29% of beverage stocks are rated B (Buy), 85.71% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).